Google Slides has become a top PowerPoint alternative (along with Apple’s Keynote) for a few reasons. Since then, several presentation software programs have come along, giving professionals and hobbyists more power and creative freedom than ever before.Īnd within that bunch, Google Slides is arguably one of the most popular today. When PowerPoint was first released in 1987, it was a game-changer for presentation design.īefore PowerPoint, decks were mainly done by hand - presented via a clunky piece of kit called an overhead projector - and could be both time-consuming and expensive to create.
